UNC bandh deferred 'officially'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 22 2012:
United Naga Council (UNC) has decided to defer the proposed 96 hours total bandh in Naga areas which was to commence from midnight of July 23, 2012 .
It may be recalled here that UNC had reacted strongly to an earlier news report published in this paper on its July 21 issue in connection with calling off the proposed total bandh on the ground that it was not 'official' .
The said news report was filed by our Tamenglong correspondent, based on a statement issued by Zeliangrong Baudi, which is a constituent unit of UNC.
Announcing deferment of the proposed bandh in a statement today, Publicity Wing of UNC said that the decision was taken in view of the communications received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India indicating that the matter of tripartite talk on the demand for alternative arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur outside the Government of Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue, is under active consideration of the Government of India and the request for withdrawing the agitation as well as in view of the consultation on Indo-Naga peace process being taken up by the Naga Hoho in last week of July, 2012 and request to defer the total bandh to ensure participation of all tribes in the same.
However, given the democratic means and patience that has been applied on the matter by the Nagas, if the communication from the Ministry of Home Affairs, is not translated into initiatives for holding of the next round of tripartite talk or intervention with an alternative arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur on or before the 10th August, 2012, it has been decided to take up intensive measures as deemed fit to pursue the goal of our political pursuit, the UNC statement said.